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challenging, intellectual cunostty
seized her, and she decided to make
the first "scientific experiment."
The scientific
method
is observa–
tion, experimentation, and reason,
but rejection of revelation. She disbe–
lieved, disobeyed, seized the forbid–
den fruit, and induced her husband
to join the exper iment. T hey took to
themselves production of the knowl–
edge of wha t is good and what is
evil.
Result of that experiment: They
died! And their posterity have been
disbelieving, disobeying, relying on
themselves for the product ion of
knowledge,
and dying.
ever since!
1 noticed how J esus carne with a
message of factual truth from God.
But though sorne "believed on Him,"
they didn't believe what He said! 1
read in the book of John: "As he
spake these words, many believed on
him. T hen said J esus to those J ews
which believed.on him, 1f ye continue
in my word [His revealed knowl–
edge], then are ye my disciples in–
deed; and ye shall know the truth,
and t he t ru th shall make you free"
(John 8:30-31 ).
T hey answered him contro–
versially.
Jesus said, " Ye seek to kili me,
because my word hath no place in
you .... lf ye were Abraham's chil–
dren, ye would do the works of Abra–
ham. But now ye seek to kili me, a
man that hath told you the t ruth,
which 1 have heard of God: this did
not Abraham.... And because 1 tell
yo~
the truth, ye believe me not"
(J ohn 8:37, 45).
Actually, biblical revelation shows
that the
God
whose teaching was dis–
believed by Adam and Eve was the
very same Personage who later be–
carne J esus Christ. The message J e–
sus brought was the identical teach–
ing He had imparted to the first hu–
mans. But after three and a half
years of Ch rist 's teaching, there were
only 120 disciples (Acts 1: 15).
These grew and multiplied for a
while. But then the great persecution
set in (Acts 8:1). And soon ensued
the " lost century" in the history of
the Church. When the curtain lifts,
about a century later, we behold a
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church called "Christian," teaching
doctrines which are mostly the very
antithesis of Christ's teaching- and
His gospel, the Kingdom of
God,
no
longer being proclaimed.
In this world have sprouted up
many religions. But the "missing di–
mension" in knowledge has appeared
in none. That original and basic es–
sentía! knowledge is still
MISSING.
Science has not discovered it. Reli-
~~
In that world's
best-seller, the book
which, it seemed, as
Bruce Barton said,
"nobody knows," I f ound
astonishing facts.
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gions have overlooked it. Education
has not taught it.
And what is that missing basic
knowledge? l t is the knowledge of
WHAT
man
ÍS, WHY
man
ÍS, WHERE
man is going, and
WHAT
the
w
AY
is.
l t is knowledge of the
CAUSE
of all
human ills a nd evils.
It
is knowledge of the
WAY
that
would
CAUSE
world peace- that
would produce universal prosperity,
happiness, abundan! well-being.
It
did not take any extraordinary intel–
lect to d iscover it in the bíblica! reve–
lation.
lt
required only a willingness
lO BELIEVE.
1 decided, back in 1926, that 1
should give biblical revela tion as
much credence as the Darwinian
theory and the writings of bis pro–
moters Haeckel and H uxley. 1
found in the Bible the facts that
explained
W HY
man is as he is–
with intellect so grcat he can
Ry
to
the moon and back, yet utterly un–
able to solve his own problems or to
live at peace with himself and his
neighbors here on earth. 1 found re–
vealed the
CAUSES
of all our prob–
lems. And 1 found the
WAY
that
will cause all oooo.
l t all
made sense!
So l decided in
ear ly 1927 that
1
would make a
"scientific experiment." 1 would put
t his knowledge into practice. 1 would
make Ít my
WAY OF LIFE.
Fifty-two years of living that way
mysel f have
proved
tbat it does result
in
PEACE, HAPPINESS,
beauty of phys–
ica( environment and
BEAUTY
in hu–
man character.
Ves, harassed and troubled heads
of state do show interest in what ís
CAUSING
all theír t roubles. Many of
their top aídes show interest. And
these personal meet ings lead to pub–
líe appearances before large au–
díences, who come to hear what has
not been proclaímed for 19 centu–
ries- what is outside the fields of
science or traditional religion.
I'm aware that the world doesn't
believe it. But, in ou r t ime, the wor ld
ís goi ng to be
compel/ed
to enjoy
PEACE,
universal prosperity, happi–
ness, and abundant well-being! Hu–
maníty won't bring it about. l t wíll be
done
to
and for humaníty! o
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same famíly. Each is gíven the same
Iaw of love to govern life, the same
spiritual rules and regulations. L ust,
envy, malíce and hate do not recog–
níze any difference of sex. Love, pa–
tience, merey and joy do not recog–
nize any dífference of sex. Character
is a quali ty of Spirít equally available
to eíther sex. Competition, strife and
openness to Satan's deception know
no sexual bounds. Life, love and the
peace of God a re equally available to
everyone.
Equality is nothing you have to
prove: You were created that way.
lt
is God's will to grant eterna! equality
in His Kingdom to men and women
alike-it makes no difference to God
whether you are maJe or female; why
should it make a difference to you ?
But there are differences. How can
you make the best of unique qualities
granted by a just God for the purpose
of gaining equal ity with
God?
What
are the biblical examples of the
women of God? And how can you ap–
ply them to make you a better human
being, closer to the image God in–
tended? T here are many examples in
the Bible, a nd sorne surprising detail
plainly given. T hese wi ll be discussed
in next month's issue of
The Plain
Truth.
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The
PLAIN TRUTH April 1979